Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith

Author:Ali Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780241974582
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2015-09-21T04:00:00+00:00

Here’s a stanza from a poem by Jackie Kay called ‘Dear Library’, and this part I’m quoting is based on what her father, John Kay, said when she asked him what he thought about the public library system:

I treasure your lively silence; your very pleasant librarians.

They represent what a public service is truly, libertarian.

Impossible, did I say that already, to put a price on that. Again,

Stop me if I am repeating myself, your staff will tell

Me of a Saramago Street in a nearby town.

Browse, borrow, request, renew – lovely words to me.

A library card in your hand is your democracy.

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